Misunderstandings

All friends have misunderstandings. The important thing is to be able to be honest & work through it together. I am lucky enough & blessed to have friends who can be honest with me & me with them.

Now… we prepare for our small New Years Eve party. Better than driving though!

My little elf!

This is so cool! Our son received a cleaning kit for christmas & loves imitating me. LOL Today he learned how to “pretend spray with sound effects” on the dishwasher surface, puts the bottle down & wipes the surface with a paper towel! It’s amazing & very cool.

He knows his mama!

Today our son asked for Mama when my hubby went in to get him! Yay! Then he came downstairs & ran to me saying “Mama”. This was the moment I’ve been waiting for since he was born.

I have no doubt that soon I will get to hear him scream & cry for Mama… That won’t be sweet, just heartbreaking.

Zzzzz...

For some people, they need vitamin C when they’re sick. As for my son & I, we need sleep. After a very long nap today, our son seemed to be feeling better & not as icky as yesterday.

Sick again

Our son woke up yesterday Christmas morning with a cold. Today it was full blown.

After celebrating with relatives every day since Friday, today we opened presents with our son & relaxed. Ahhh… how great it is to veg after 4 days of non-stop activities!

New Years

We had planned a big New Years party (since we have overnight babysitting) but it appears many are doing their own thing this year. So I guess it’ll be more toned down that I expected but I have some more ideas…

We will have fun on our night as adults!

How do you feel?

It appears our son caught the sniffles & runny nose from something over the holidays. Let’s hope we’re not up all night. Today we have to open our son's gifts at our house & then celebrate with my hubby's folks.

I hope he’s not that sick!

Jingle bells, jingle bells

It appears that Santa came to our house last night but we had to be at my parent’s house to do the last year of opening presents together on christmas morning.

So after getting to bed at 1:30 from cleaning the party from the previous evening, we got up at 5 AM! Without the prodding of our child! LOL Next year, that’s what wil wake us up. So we left the house at 7 am to open gifts with my siblings & parents.

After visiting my hubby's parent’s a short time & returning to our house around 2 pm, we unpacked the car & started putting Christmas presents away. My hubby got the miter saw & shelving he wanted. I got my boxing gloves with punching bag & 8' buffet table among great other things. Our son made out with toys & clothing!

Tonight we had a nice ‘leftover’ family christmas dinner at our place with my family. It was great having everyone over here.

Tomorrow we celebrate with my hubby's family house for Christmas! One more day to go…

Whose the hostess with the mostess?

After hosting tonight’s successful annual Goranson Christmas Eve party, we received many compliments on a job well done. I had a ball doing it even though we had tons of food & I had 1/2 a plate & 1 glass to drink all night! LOL This is what I was made to do!

Already talking about next year…

Family time

Tonight we had a christmas dinner with my father’s side of the family. It was so good seeing everyone! My 2nd cousins were great with our son & his second cousin. J is only about a month younger than our son but they were good together.

Our son of course ‘took the stage’ later that evening & captivated the relatives to no end! We got some awesome video for proof when he’s older. LOL He does love being the life of the party.

Get it done

Today I rushed all over the house cleaning, wrapping, planning, moving, etc in final preparation of the holidays. I sat down late that night, only to realize I hadn’t sat once all day!
I was exhausted.

On the tree it goes!

My hubby picked up our 2005 ornament yesterday. It turned out fabulous. It’s a Christmas tree with all our names on it (including all 3 cats). How perfect.

In the palm of my hand...

Today I visited with a neighbor who has a 4 month old kitten! We’re watching her for a couple days next week. She was so cute & loveable. It’s amazing to think our cats (especially P) used to be so tiny.

How sweet!

For those who have sent me comments about my blog, thank you! Please do not think that I’m technically advanced… halt that thought now! LOL Thanks to my loving husband, he makes it easy for me to log in, make my post & publish it. Beyond that… I have no idea how this site works. LOL

Hold me close

Our son was so sweet. He made it very clear today he wanted to cuddle with his big stuffed Mickey & Bear. So there he was sitting beteen them, giving hugs to Mickey & kisses to Bear. Then he even posed for me & understood I was taking his picture! Sooo cute!

Ho ho ho!

Our son loved seeing Santa today at the mall. We got his & our traditional family picture with Santa.

Can you believe he smiled every moment but when the picture was taken??? LOL

Sing it to me one more time!

Last night we went to our friends’ kareoke party where we had a blast! My best friend & I even did a “white girl version” of one of Salt & Peppa’s songs. Boy was it bad but the rest was great!

Can you repeat that?

Our cat has a sore by her neck that she’s been scrathing & making worse. It never gets the chance to heal so I asked the vet for advice. So now, according to the vet’s advice, her upper body is wrapped in a Ace bandage! Only we have cats like this!

Now… let’s see how long this will last! LOL

Can I help too?

Our son tries to be more helpful each day. Today while I was cleaning the litter he decided he would help me out by checking out the cat’s water dish. Then he promptly turned it UPSIDE DOWN & handed it to me. LOL

Luckily we have a storage container lid underneath the bowls so the most of the water was off the carpet & on the lid. At least he was trying…

Owww!

Yesterday we went to dinner with my family for my sister’s boyfriend’s birthday. Our son was dripping water from his sippy cup in the car so I started to take it away from him. As my hubby was driving, our son & I were having a frustrating game of tug-of-war with his cup. Somehow he pulled his cup close enough & bit my pointer finger! Dang he bit hard. After some tears later, I still couldn’t believe my toddler could bite that hard! Even as I scolded him afterwards, he thought it was funny!

Oh goodness…

Daddy's little boy

Since my hubby had to work late tonight, I put our son to bed. Initially he did great until he realized he wasn’t going to see Daddy. Then he had a fit & tried to manipulate me to do anything to stay awake (such as reading books, dance to music, cuddle, drink milk, etc). When he realized I knew he was trying to trick me, he laughed! I think he really knew.

Boy, I’m really going to have my hands full!

I'll say when you're ready!

Today I was working on some paperwork when our son wanted to show mw something. I told him one minute & he said ok. After a few seconds of waiting patiently, he said “all done” & closed my binder on me while I was writing! LOL I guess kids determine when you’re done sometimes.

Bad timing

Yesterday our DVD player totally busted so we ended up running out to Best Buy to find a good combination DVD & VCR player on sale. Yay! Now we can play our son's baby Einstein without it skipping or stopping anymore.

Holiday party!

Yesterday evening my parents babysat our son while my hubby & I attended his holiday work party. They provided transportation to & from downtown. On the bus we had champagne with peach Schnapps, chilled shrimp, divine chocolate & roasted cashews! Then we went to the top floor where we mingled with an open bar & my hubby's co-workers. Afterwards we sat down with an amazing view of the city skyline & ate filet mignon & yummy dessert buffet.

The DJ started playing some dance music so a few others & I coaxed some people out on the dance floor. Before I knew it we had many people out there dancing with feather boas & hats! We even had a kick line to Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer”! How cool! I even danced with one of the board of directors to the Grease mix.

Needless we had the best time ever! That was until I got home to discover my blue boa had rubbed dye all over my neck & shoulders. Yikes! Soap & water took care of that. It was so worth it!

My fine planning skills... on the fritz!

So… after making sure our clothes are ready for my hubby's work holiday party, I realize that I’m missing a crucial item hours before we’re supposed to leave. So I run to the store to get it only to find that there are no items in my size! So I have to use one size smaller. Since it’s only for a couple hours, I’ll manage. Don’t really have a choice do I? LOL

Life is funny

It’s amazing how quickly times passes. As a stay-at-home mom, you rarely get time to yourself. Then when you do, you have to learn how to use it. Initially I felt I should do housekeeping first & still ended up with no time for myself.

Then I learned to take time to do things that made me happy & started to find myself again. You can get so lost being a mom, wife, friend, daughter & sister that you forget who you are. Once your child starts moving around on their own & you realize that you need to make yourself happy or the isolation will depress you. After a long journey, I now understand that.

So once again, I’ve started picking up various hobbies which I interchange at will. I recently learned to crochet & have gotten pretty good at it. I’m also finishing the organizing & storing of 30 years worth of photos. Once I’m done, I can start making my scrapbooks & putting some photos into albums. Our son loves to look through the photos & I want him to grow up seeing where he came from.

Guessing weight

Did I mention I’m down to 148 lbs??? Wahoo! All by eating healthy & chasing after my son!

Smoothie time!

Today I unpacked the last of our small kitchen appliances. There I found our blender! So I took it upon myself to make a delicious smoothie with 1/2 cup of milk, 2 teaspoons of sugar, frozen mixed fruit & 1 banana. Thirty second later + clean-up, I’m enjoying a delicious healthy smoothie!

Hush little baby...

Our son's taking a long nap so I get email time on the computer! Then I get to do laundry, cleaning, de-cluttering, organizing photos, etc! I do enjoy the slow days. LOL

Captain under attack!

It seems that my guestbook has appeared on some spamming websites and I was getting about 15 spam messages on it per day. Rather than subject you to ads for viagra, porn, and gambling I had to temporarily disable it until I could upgrade to a new version with spam protection.
Well, we’re back up and running now with a new guestbook. It prevents spammers with the power of lemon!

And to all you spammers out there… find something better to do with your lives!

Smelly!

Today I was putting our son down for a nap when he wanted me to take off his socks. I told him we keep them on for to keep his feet warm. He replied by smelling his socks & saying “Peeyou!”
LOL That made my day!

Final walkthrough

After almost a year later, today was our final walk-through of our house. Amazing how time flies! Everything went well & now we’re done.

Oh christmas tree!

Yesterday we went to a local christmas tree farm where my hubby cut down a beautiful Douglas fir for our living room. There it now stands waiting to be decorated…

Freecycle it!

We’ve also freecycled some clutter items.

Check out freecycle.org if you don’t know what I’m talking about! It’s a great place to give things away (they pick the items up & you choose who gets them) & get things yourself (you pick up @ their convenience).